What I’m Listening To (Veteran’s Day)
What’s on iTunes today – War Requiem, Op.66 by Benjamin Britten, based on the Latin mass intermixed with poems of Wilfred Owen. Listening to the reissued 1963 Decca recording.
Further Reading (Wikipedia)
Pay close attention to the when/where this work was performed. Needless to say, there were lots of layers of symbolism.